Rooty Toot Toot
Month: December 2006
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Cookies, More Odd And Fertile
Creaturettes, General Giddiness
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Today was Christmas cookie baking day in our household which included but was not limited to;
dough flinging
the sprinkling of sugar on the dog
overconsumption and the resulting sugar-stagger complete with collapse
egg-nog spillage
the use of every available bowl, spoon and glass in the cupboards.
holiday tickling
slight guilt for some of the above (quickly smothered by additional cookies)
wrestling under the tree (I won't say who)
playing in mud
knitting mitten #1, my first ever!! (it's fugly but it's all MINE, MINE, MINE!)
Jess, the toothless wonderboy! He can suck spaghetti through it!
More Odd Chickies (Don't ask me why they are pregnant, I have no idea)
A Huge Mega Thanks to Heather who generously sent me a box of gorgeous roving to feed my newest addiction.
This pregnant mermaid is most boobular.
the evidence
I'm off, must make sure the dog has cleaned up all the crumbs on the floor...
Hope your evening is full of delights!!
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we interrupt your blogging to bring you this news story...
Extra, Extra!
Woman Wakes To Discover She Has Slept Until 10:45 AM And Finds Her Husband And Children Playing Happily Downstairs And The Earth Remains In It's Rotation!
Miss Juliepersons of Farming-ville awoke this morning to a shocking discovery, she had Slept IN!
"I used to do this when I was younger" she said "but that was back in college, I didn't know I still had it in me!" .
"She looks 7 years younger, at least!" her husband noted "and she's as frisky as a kitten"!
Even her children can see a difference, "Mummy, you smell good", remarked her 3 yo daughter, Roo.
"My Mummy has messy hair but she seems extra happy" said her 7 yo son, Jesse.
When asked how she felt about the whole event, ms juliepersons said,
"well, it's hard to put in into words but I feel so...so, so, ummm, what's the word I am looking for here...?
"Rested, that's it!!! I feel RESTED!!!"
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A Daily Update in Bullet Points
played in snow/slush until soggy and red-cheeked.
played with holiday Playmobil and tried not to stick it up our noses (or in our ears)
ate carrot cake for breakfast, and more of it for lunch.
I finally figured out how to knit ribbing and can pearl/knit back and forth without my (heavily right-sided) brain imploding ! Wahoo!!
You Are 10% Left Brained, 90% Right Brained
Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others.
If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic.
Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet.
The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility.
Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way.
If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art.
Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.
- finished Holiday cards and mailed most of them out
- delivered proofs for newborn photo session
- fought the laundry and won (it wasn't pretty, though)
- sang loudly and danced MADLY to Lucinda Williams (the music now playing, I dare you to not dance to it!)
- played Snails Pace Race with Roo 37 times
- watched Roo redecorate the tree and kept the puppy from eating ornaments
- combed my hair
- drank eggnog
(All this and it is only four o'clock!!)
I am woman, hear me roar.
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Good Morning Blog
le tree (procured in our forest despite the shriek-fest complete with nervous breakdown mode of small-ish ones yesterday)
le monkey with zee new hat
le bag for my trip (knitted up during shriek-fest)
zee playmobil donkey sniffs le heiny of zee reindeer and it is, how do you say, hilarious?
(O.K., enough French practice for today, I just annoyed myself doing that, I can only imagine how it makes you feel)
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Delights, Amusements, Bad Hair
yesterday, two massive boxes came for me from my MIL,
they were filled with wool yarn, 3 hand cards and a drop spindle.
(in the center, that darkish pile consists of 12 skeins from her Navajo Churro sheep, Midnight and on the right are another 8 from her Churro, Rags.)
Holy Canoli, that is one pile of wool!
Avert your eyes as I do the bizarre happy dance of gratitude.
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The key to frumpy morning hair?
put a sparkly clip in it and no-one will notice!!
Hope your day is joyful and shriek-free.
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My Most Embarrassing Moment #8
(in an unlimited series)
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I was working in a lovely shop in Maine 13 years ago and was responsible for opening and closing the store.
This included turning all fans and lights on/off.
There was a switch in the dressing room which was marked "do not touch". I never touched the lever intentionally but one day I flipped it by accident as I was turning lights on and could not see what I was doing.
The switch flipped on a fan which vented out the chimney of this three story building.
The chimney had been stuffed (quite foolishly) with styrofoam peanuts as insulation.
When I flipped the fan on, it blew three stories worth of styrofoam peanuts up into the sky causing them to rain/snow down on the entire downtown area.
I was unaware of this until I looked outside and thought,
"who is the GOOBER who let these styrofoam eggs blow all over town?"
That would be me.
ahem, yup.
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Just Another Amazing Ordinary Day
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Wee Odd Felted Creaturettes
Rapunzel (wide-eyed and arm-less)
Nancy Sinatra (without the boots)
Am I the only one who wants to make felted women dolls with breasts and fierce eyebrows?
(I'll show those later)
P.S. I ADORE this song by the Weepies (the music currently playing),
"Stars"
Tangerines are hanging heavy, glowing marigolden hues
Teasing a half-pale moon
And I feel a pull to the blue-velvet dark and stars.
Pink Magnolia, blushing and coy
Savors the sun while she shines
You've got yours and I've got mine
Together we glide through the blue-velvet dark and stars
All it takes is a little faith, and a lot of heart
Back and forth we ply these oars
They move in time and get entwined
Green with joy then gray with sorrow
Ripened fruit that falls tomorrow
Filling us with brilliance
Branches are bare with a pulse underneath
Flowering slowly inside
Your hands are warm and my body is wide
To hold all the promise of blue-velvet dark and stars
All it takes is a little faith and a lot of heart
Sweetheart
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Crafts, Cookies, Craziness
(the usual)
The Christmas craft production line is slowing here as we near completion.
I have finished these knitted/felted slippers
and these little felted ring holder baskets
And Trev and I have made a giant batch of homemade Kahlua to gift.
Today, the kids and I made ornaments for gifts and for our tree
out of salt dough to dry and paint
out of twigs and bark and lichen
out of little homemade paintings
I made some odd little felted creatures, not sure they are gift-able, they are rather freaky (I love them, though).
Important highlights
grilled cheese in the shape of cows
Roo's work in mixed media
Princess doings
happiness in long johns
listening to John Lithgow sing "From the Indes To The Andes in His Undies" 57 times while surrounded by small and whirling children.
Glee and general giddiness.
new socks
cookies, with everything.
love
Tomorrow I have another newborn photo shoot, I cannot believe how freaking lucky I am!
pinch me, pinch me. pinch me.
(please?)
SNORT.
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